Новости за 29.12.2021

The district on Wednesday reported eight new cases of Covid-19, taking its coronavirus tally to 87,773.

The fire was at fourth floor of the factory and black smoke had covered the entire sky. It was visible from Samrala Chowk and commuters were posting videos of black smoke at social media. The fire brigade had to struggle hard for controlling the fire because of the heavy winds.

With DGP Abhay set to retire on December 31, speculation is rife that the Odisha government may offer him a plum post after retirement. The Naveen Patnaik government is known to appoint bureaucrats with a clean track record to various key posts.

The convict Sujit Saket had kidnapped, raped, subjected the minor to unnatural sex and killed her by hitting a brick on her head on April 30. The convict had strangled the minor to ensure that she was dead.

There has been a significant rise in consumption of liquor in public places and nuisance by drunkards in the capital city, data shared by the commissionerate police has revealed.

Panchayati raj minister Pratap Jena on Tuesday said the process for preparation of a fresh reservation list minus quota for backward classes in the panchayat polls has already been started and the list will be submitted soon to the State Election Commission (SEC).

Eco Retreat Odisha, the much-hyped initiative of the Odisha Tourism, has turned out to be a major embarrassment for the department due to poor infrastructure at the glamping sites.

Residents of the Old Town area of the state capital, also known as Ekamra Kshetra, will soon get round-the-clock pure drinking water directly from taps. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched the 'Sujal' initiative besides several other projects worth Rs 103 crore for the Ekamra Kshetra.

Cold and dry weather is expected in the state during the New Year, the IMD forecast on Tuesday. Over the next two days, there are chances of light to moderate rainfall, while dense fog to light rainfall is likely in the next 24 hours.

The pace of genome sequencing in Odisha is exceedingly slow with just 450 samples tested so far and another 200 pending in Insacog Laboratory Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) since November 29.

The detection of the Omicron variant has led to a drop in footfalls at pathological laboratories for routine blood, urine and other tests as well as visit to doctors.

The Odisha government on Tuesday announced reopening of in-person classes for students of I to V from January 3 in a bid to bring normalcy to school education.

Anticipating the peak of the third wave of Covid in the third week of February, the state has started readying health infrastructure with special emphasis on paediatric care.

Nearly 12 days after locals and activists exposed a Nandini ghee adulteration racket in Hosahundi village on the city outskirts, police made a breakthrough by arresting four accused.

A University of Mysore student who arrived from Tanzania to Hyderabad has tested positive for Omicron.

The Omicron scare and the new curbs imposed by the state government have disappointed those planning to leave bitter memories of 2021 behind and begin the New Year with a midnight party and looking for brighter days ahead.

The Byadagi chilli market, one of the biggest in Asia, adopted digital payment to farmers in 2010. Now, 99% of the transactions here are digital and, only 1% of people are doing transactions in hard currency.

The health department has directed all city hospitals to reserve 25% of their beds for Covid patients and create a separate unit for Omicron patients.

Two more cases of Omicron were reported in the city on Tuesday, that of a 31-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman.

Police in Patiala have arrested 28-year-old Jagmeet Singh, who became popular during the farmers agitation for not moving in the face of Haryana Police’s water cannons, and two others for allegedly campaigning for banner outfit SFJ’s Referendum 2020 and appealing to the masses to vote online for it.